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Controversies

Accusation of raping a hotel maid

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is accused of raping a hotel maid Diallo in May 2011. A lawsuit was filed in the incident. Diallo accused Kahn of chasing her and forcing her to perform oral sex.

On 30 November 2012, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid have reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit. The deal drops the lawsuit and includes a confidentiality agreement which could prevent the two from speaking about the incident in public.

Strauss-Kahn lawyers says 'to be a libertine is no crime'A lawyer for shamed former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that the case of his alleged involvement in a French prostitution ring will collapse and stressed that living a libertine lifestyle was not a crime.